Tag: Brazil

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 14:17 UTC

  Brazil’s meatpacker Marfrig sells Keystone logistics arm for 400m dollars

  

  After a string of takeovers in recent years, Brazilian meatpacker Marfrig Alimentos SA said on Sunday it reached a deal to sell the logistics arm acquired when it bought US distributor Keystone Foods.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:52 UTC

  Brazilian president first woman to open round of UN General Assembly speeches

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will become on Wednesday the first woman ever to open the round of speeches marking the beginning of the United Nations General Assembly, according to Brazilian sources.

• Saturday, September 17th 2011 - 03:03 UTC

  World Cup 2014 delays expose Brazil’s planning and infrastructure weaknesses

  

  Brazil’s celebration of the 1,000-day countdown to the 2014 is being marred by construction delays as striking workers and government foot-dragging hurt preparations for the soccer tournament.

• Friday, September 16th 2011 - 07:05 UTC

  Brazil increases tax on cars with high content of imported components

  

  Brazil on Thursday raised a tax on cars with a high content of imported components to protect jobs following a surge in shipments from China and elsewhere that has been fueled by a rally in the currency.

• Friday, September 16th 2011 - 06:36 UTC

  Questions about Miss Universe registry papers and complaints from Miss France

  

  It has been a news-headlines plagued Miss Universe pageant, both before and after, that finally crowned beauty queen Leila Lopes, Angola’s first in Sao Paulo.

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 21:43 UTC

  US financial crisis is “political” and needs of strong decisions, says Rousseff

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said the financial crisis in the Untied States which is contaminating the rest of the world is more ‘political’ than economic and it’s not only a matter of money, but also and mainly of ‘strong decisions’

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 07:19 UTC

  Fifth cabinet minister drops out from Brazilian cabinet on corruption allegations

  

  Brazil's Tourism minister resigned late Wednesday amid a long-brewing corruption scandal, marking the fifth cabinet-level official to step down from President Dilma Rousseff's nine-month-old government since June.

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 07:16 UTC

  Brazil mourns death of creator of the controversial ‘bio-diesel’

  

  Brazilian scientist Expedito Jose de Sá Parent, 70, who is considered the creator of bio-diesel died this week in Fortaleza. President Dilma Rousseff paid tribute to the researcher who developed the ‘green’ fuel from oilseeds.

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 07:04 UTC

  Fears Brazilian states’ battle for oil royalties share could turn nasty

  

  Brazil's government presented a plan on Wednesday for dividing up oil royalties among states, a crucial step in advancing its effort to tap deepwater reserves it hopes will turn the country into a major crude exporter.

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 06:56 UTC

  Brazilian economy beasts forecasts: grows at fastest pace in six months in July

  

  The Brazilian economy expanded at its fastest pace in six months in July, even as the central bank bets on slower growth to curb the fastest inflation in six years.